PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion Books—Not Beaches We see more than a little irony in Duane Alexander’s resolution asking SGA to support the reallocation of tjvU.OOO in unused class gift funds for a beach at Stone Valley. This, remember, is the same Assembly that formed a “Hack the Budget” committee to aid the expansion of University facilities. In any mature view of University growth the academic must supercede the recreational,. and it is for this reason that v/e heavily support Jackie Leavitt's counter-resolu tion that the funds go to the Pattee Library, Just one year ago this month. President Walker received a report from the Liberal Arts faculty on the shortcomings of the library. jNot only were the reference works found inadequate, hut services and facilities are seriously hampered by tight limitations on the library's share of Penn State's budget. Specifically, the faculty's report recommended "deci sive" revisions in the percentage of the University's budget allocated to the Library. Then in October we were witness to a rare event; somewhere the administration located $lOO,OOO and donated this to (he library in the form of a “non-recurring' 1 >S(iA could make this grant go a little farther It is one-fourth the sum the Administration was able to dig up. but it might perk up a few sagging heads in Old Main and Harrisburg to see that SGA realizes its i 1 ’sponsihi 1 itv to the University’s basic function. This might evsn have ihe broader effect of shaming iho University and Ihe Legislature into giving the pillared siructure at the head of the mall more funds. We've heard of one small university that, for three years, donated their senior class gift to raise faculty salaries, until their embarrassed administration finally took on the burden. In light of the current tightening of purse strings on this campus and seeming unwillingness of the State to increase Penn State’s appropriation, additional, recreation al areas are not only unnecessary—they are clearly extravagant We fail to see how student government, weighing the situation, could toss off an opportunity to liff the face of the University and its own reputation. And the latest reliable sources tell us that Whipple's Dam is still open for business. A Student-Operated N ewspaper 56 Years o 1 Editorial Freedom sli? lath} (EnlUgimt Successor to The Free Lance, est IS B7 PubfMifd Tuesday thrmwh Saturday morning durin* (he University yr»r. The t ..!lr*;#u s hf< «>|»vral erf newspaper. Kntered as ttecond-i lum* matter July 5, UCU at the SUU t'nlitgc, P*. Fust Office under the art of March 3. 1579. Mail Subscription Price : $3.00 per semester $5.00 per year. Mailm* Address Bo* 261, State College, Pa. 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WHAT WILL HE DO WHEN HE EARSARVTTrfiSf Letters DARE's Stand Clarfied By Morse TO THE EDITOR: Mr. Ronald R. Rhein's teller May 11 raises several interesting questions, but its main point is based- on an unfortunate misinterpreta tion of DARE's position—a mis interpretation complicated by a point of view that manages to equate enforced segregation with some kind of social free dom. To get (he main point out of the wav first. DARE tias never advocated mandatory non-dis crimination in fraternities and sororities. All DARE insists on (as was made clear in Ihe May issue of La Critique) is that the mem bers of a local chapter be al lowed to choose their own brothers and sisters without having to worry about a racial clause that is maintained in the national charter by pres sure from a relatively small number of alumni and national officers. Freedom not to associate is not the same thing as prohi bit >on of association. As for the unconst hut ionalitv of Ihe Supreme Court’s decision of May 17. 1954. the best legal minds in this country havp been struggling with the prob lem of slate vs. federal power for h good many years, and Mr. R he 1 n's oversimplifications .somehow don't seem likely io illuminate the question any further. Mr. Rhein stales that "inte gration is clearly not wanted.” The obvious question is, Not wanted by whom? Surely even Mr. Rhein is aware that the majority of those who are most affected by segregation—the Southern negroes—have little voice in Washington and no voice at all in Little Rock or Baton Rouge. Finally, Mr. Rhein’s pieties about "individual rights" are disingenuous. Theoretically. I have a per fect right to Walk down S. Allen St. shouting at the top of my lungs, "I hate niggers!’’ but I can hardly justify my actions by pleading freedom of speech if I come to harm, for I will have deserved what I got. Similarly with a segregated barber shop, which is an af front to an entire race as well as an insult to the intelligence of a University community, Mr. Rhein is a biologist as well as a student of constitu tional law. and it is a pity that what he has learned of the equality of races and of their equal rights should be subordi nated to solicitude for the forces of ignorance now that their armies have begun to retreat, —Jonathan Morse, '62 Vice-President, DARE Gazette Academic Year Science Institute (’ollo quium. 4:1 f> p.m.. )H limicke Ay. Student Council. 7 p.m.. 212 HUB Angel Flight, 7:30 p.m.. MrF.lwm’n Lounge Atujd FUqUt Pteds*», 6:15 p.m., lftt "VVagnPr Counselors. 8 »n>., 218 HUB Cwens, 8:30 p.m.. 216 HUS l)elt« Sigma Pi. 7 p.m., £l7 HUB Kcon Faculty Seminar, 12 noon, timing room "A*’ HUM Ed Student Council, 6:15 p.m., 214 HUB Five O’clock Theatre, 5 p.m., f.itile Theatre, Old Main ftefipltysical Seminar, 3:15 p.m., 121 Mineral Industrie.* !*’C, K n.m., 203 HUB International Study Committee. 210 HUB Kappa Alpha Pai. 8:45 p.tm, 214 HUB l iberal Arts faculty meeting, 4:15 p.m., 121 Sparks Mineral Industrie* Council, 7:15 p.m.. 2)H HUH Panhel. fi:»0 p.m., 203 HUB Phi Kappa Phi, 5:15 p.m., HUB as sembly room Spring Week, 6:30 p.m.. 213 HUB Tax Institute, 8 p.m,. 212 HUB lax Institute, 1:15 p.m.. HUB assembly r<wru TIM Movie. 12 noon, 6 p.m., HUB as sembly room HOSPITAL .liulith Allen, Carolyn Marten, Jeanne Chambers. Stephen Cotar, Darlene Cot ton. Judith Creed, Fred Good, Marlene (ioscnslein, Karen Hafer, Kichaid Hel ler, Duane Hemming, Edwina Hill, Frank Hugos, Linda Jeffries, Gayle Kelchner, Mary Kuhns, James Lovejoy, John Mange, Jane Nemetoff, Nellie Phillips, Juba Ttojanowskl Marilyns Weiu. Blackboard Rationalization It, was such a perfect afternoon for Whipple’s that I had just about rationalized my way out of going to my class on international relations. The warm sun and cloudless sky wrote a tempting invitation to forget the cares of the world and enjoy the lazy leisure our American standard of living makes pos sible Why go to that depressing class where all we were going to do was discuss the pitiful plight, of those starving masses in the undeveloped and un privileged countries of South east Asia. It always made me queasy when we talked about three fourths of the world’s popula tion that goes to bed hungry each night. Some days it would upset my stomach so that I could hardly digest my steak that night in addition to the hypo critical feeling I had to suffer. I didn't want to think of those disinherited millions scraping their bowls for that little grain of rice that they hoped would not be their last. I knecv already what our pro fessor would say. He would pound on the desk and say how it was the challenge of our young generation to sacrifice our wealth and do something about raising the standards of living for those people who had yet to experience human dig nity. His generation had lowered its eyes* and slithered past the problem, now he’s tell ing us to do the job. I fried to shake my head Letters Lion's Paw's Exclusion Of Foianini Questioned TO THE EDITOR: I wish some one would explain lo me what qualities are considered requi sites for membership in the senior '‘honorary" society, Lion's Paw. No one can question the selection of persons who have been selected to major posi tions in campus activities, but it seems this year that Ihe stu dent government “leaders" who were selected, with one exception, were the people who lost in the last election. I do not doubt their qualifi cations, for they would have never been nominated. Bui what about the winner of the SGA Presidency—the most re spected and responsible posi tion any student can hold? The new SGA Vice Presi dent is on the varsity football team, and certainly deserved his selection for L.P. But our new President has put in an equal amount of effort for the student radio station, and has shown himself to be an ex tremely capable student on whom the University can well be proud. He defeated his closest com petitor by 1300 votes in one of the most one-sided student TO THE EDITOR: We would like to, first of all, extend our deepest, heartfelt congratula tions to the new initiates of Lion’s Paw. We are certain that each of these initiates' merits the du bious distinction on his own qualifications, and the fact that the same fraternities sit behind ■the locked doors is purely in cidental. Hence, our feeling ihat Ihere is a misnomer in the name of the apex of Penn State soci eties. Not Lion's Paw, but LION'S PALS. Or due to the preponderance of second run ners in the recent elections, perhaps LOSER’S PAW is more suitable. We - do not maintain the po sition that any of the initiates were aided in any way by their fraternities or any other or ganization in achieving mem bership into the society. But the absence of those elected by TUESDAY. MAY 16. 1961 by Johnny Black clear of the thoughts this al ways brought how could X spend one cent for entertain ment till their basic needs for survival were satisfied? How could I justify additional lux uries in our American life un til all standards of living of the ' world were on an equal par? But it was too nice a day to torture myself with these thoughts, and 1 did have those brand new water skiis I hadn’t tried out. It made me shudder to think that the money spent on those skiis could have fed a whole Asian family for a week. But they didn't deserve lifa like I did. Their ancestors didn't work as hard as mine did for—Ancestors, what about me? What had I done for the op portunities I enjoy, how did I earn the right to be born north of the 30th parallel in the West ern hemisphere instead of south of it in the eastern? The whoosh almost blew no off the curb. My eyes lingered after it till I heard the screech. I ignored the annoying little voice that screamed stop as my legs broke into a run. That super-power Buiek con vertible with the three luscious blonds was headed for Whip ples. elections in recent years. It seems, however, that these are insufficient qualifications for L.P., although the IFC rushing chairman was consid ered important enough. Apparently I have been mis lead as to the importance of student government—obvious ly this year fraternity affairs are more important in the se lection of who is a student leader. It seems to me that the SGA President is the one student most responsible for the better ment of the University as a. whole; therefore, how can a group, which claims as its guiding principle the better ment of the school, reject the one elected student who has taken on the same responsi bility claimed by this group? How can this group consider its membership complete or adequate to carry on this goal without the lop student lead er? How can the position of "Chaplain of the Lion" be com petently filled by anyone else? I would appreciate a reply from someone who has soma insight on the questions I have raised. —Leonard Ivker 'B2 the student body as their lead ers is the crux of our perplex ity. Dennis Foianini was elected president of the student body by one of the greatest: displays of confidence ever given any one on this campus. But does he sit behind the locked door in Old Main. No, because it was the mere will of the student body that he should be the number one leader on campus. Messrs. Harrison, Alexander, Wiimer and Nurick, holding fraternity maintained positions and losers one and all in lha school-wide balloting, now sit in the hallowed chairs kept warm by their respective fra ternity brothers. Here’s to the day when those elected by the students, not those who pledge the "right” fraternity, will be ac knowledged as the student leaders. —Mickey Hurwite, '62 Steve Sandler, '63
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